Re: mmap_min_addr and your local LSM (ok, just SELinux)

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:23:43 -0400
Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone see a better way to let users continue to be users while
> protecting most people?  Yes SELinux is stronger in some areas than
> without confining the ability to map the 0 page, but as has be rightly
> pointed out it's foolish an broken that SELinux can weaken any
> protections.

one option is to allow the page to be mapped, but only as
non-executable... in DOS that memory isn't where code lives anyway...


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